Climate and settlement in southern Peru
Subtitle: the northern Rio Grande de Nasca drainage between 1500 BCE and 1532 CE
By: Volker Sossna
Series: Forschungen zur Archäologie aussereuropäischer Kulturen -- Band 13; Forschungen zur Archäologie aussereuropäischer Kulturen -- Bd. 13.
Publisher: Reichert Verlag
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Wiesbaden [Germany]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9783954900787
Subjects: Prehistoric Land settlement patterns; Paleoclimatology; Indians of South America; Antiquities; Climate and civilization
Other titles: Northern Rio Grande de Nasca drainage between 1500 BCE and 1532 CE
Description: Based on data gathered by an archaeological long-term project of the German Archaeological Institute, 3,000 years of settlement history of the Palpa Region at the Andean west flank in South Peru (14.5° S) are being reconstructed. The question is pursued whether past climate changes in this arid region may have triggered the observed substantial changes in settlement behavior. The general trend suggests that a causal relation can be stated only for a few periods.
Notes: "Institutum Archaelogicum Germanicum, Deutsches Archaëologisches Institut, Kommission für Archäologie Aussereuropäischen Kulturen"--Preliminary page.

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität Kiel, 2014, under the title: Impacts of climate variability on pre-Hispanic settlement behavior in South Peru : the northern Río Grande de Nasca drainage between 1500 BCE and 1532 CE.

Accompanying DVD-ROM contains supplemental material including maps, charts, statistics and other data.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-315).

Includes abstracts in English, German and Spanish.